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  1. Niagara Scow - Wikipedia

    • 43°04′23″N 79°04′15″W / 43.07306°N 79.07083°W The Niagara Scow (also called the Old Scow or Iron Scow) is the unofficial name of the wreck of a small scow that brought two men perilously close to plunging over the Horseshoe Falls, the largest of the Niagara Falls, in 1918. The wreck can still be seen, upstream of the falls. … See more

    1918 event

    On August 6, 1918, Gustave F. Lofberg and Frank Harris were aboard the Great Lakes Dredge and Docks Company
    There … See more

    2019 shift

    The wreck has been deteriorating over the years. During a storm (a remnant of Tropical Storm Olga) on the evening of October 31, 2019, strong southwest winds raised Lake Erie's East Basin water levels to record highs. This … See more

    2022 breakup

    On April 4, 2022, the scow was observed to have broken into several pieces lodged in the rapids. A Niagara Parks official reported that it may be "reaching the end of its life." See more

    Subchaser Sunbeam

    A similar wreck, involving a wooden vessel, occurred in June 1923. The craft, previously a World War I antisubmarine patrol boat called the Sunbeam, had been returned to its owner, a New Yorker, after the war en… See more

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  1. Scow - Wikipedia

    A scow is a smaller type of barge. Some scows are rigged as sailing scows . In the 19th and early 20th centuries, scows carried cargo in coastal waters and …

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    • The Iron Scow - Niagara Parks Commission

      On August 6, 1918, a dumping scow with two men aboard broke loose from its towing tug and became lodged in the rapids of the upper Niagara River. A unique artifact of Niagara Falls history, the wreckage has remained just above the …

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      The Old Scow is dumping scow, marooned and rusting away in the Upper Rapids, has been a point of interest to the visitors to Niagara Falls since August 1918, when it broke loose from its towing tug with two men Frank Harris and …

    • the Century-Long Saga of the “Niagara Scow” - Old …

      Nov 4, 2019 Â· For just over a century, an 80-foot long iron sand-dumping scow has been stuck on a rock in the raging currents of the Niagara River just upriver from the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. After a powerful storm blew through …